§ 84. Mr. Wilson Harrisasked the Minister of Education whether the Basic English Foundation has yet been constituted; what are its aims and who are its members; and whether any grant-in-aid has yet been made to it.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The main object of this charitable trust is to propagate the teaching and study of Basic English as an international and educational medium, and thereby to increase the knowledge of English among mankind. The trust deed specifies various ways in which this general object can be carried out. The trustees are Mr. Arthur N. Coleridge, Mr. Percy Good, C.B.E., Lieut.-Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B., D.Sc., and Mr. C. K. Ogden. Provision for grant-in-aid to the Foundation is included under Subhead D.3 of my Department's Estimates for the current financial year.